Caiques (Birds)

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Name (Latin)
Caiques (Birds)
Other forms of name
Caiquenes
Pionites
See Also From tracing topical name
Parrots
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q579914
Library of congress: sh2005006060
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2005054552: Gorman, M. Caiques, 2006.
  • Web. 3(caique, pl. caiques or caiquenes)
  • Britannica micro.:v. 9, p. 169 (caiques, Pionites species, small, short-tailed South American birds similar to conures in build and habits)
  • Forshaw, J.M. Parrots of the world, 1981:p. 500 (Genus Pionites Heine. Members of this genus are called caiques)
  • Howard & Moore comp. cklst. of birds of the world, 2003:p. 201 (Pionites, black-headed parrot, white-bellied parrot)
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 2, 2005(caique: one of two species of small, brightly colored parrot of the genus Pionites)
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Wikipedia description:

Caique ( or ) refers to two to four species of parrots in the genus Pionites endemic to the Amazon Basin in South America.

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